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Patent GB-2279622-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle door protector
Inventor: FORBES FRANCIS PETER
IPC: B60R13/04
Filed: 1993-07-09
Abstract: A vehicle door protector comprises two end pieces 10 and 11 which can be clipped onto opposite edges of a vehicle door and an elongate piece 12 for extending between the two end pieces. Preferably, the protector also comprises a resilient elongate element 20 connectible between the two end pieces to apply an urging force to the two end pieces tending to urge them towards one another to hold the end pieces in position on the door. The protector described above can have any desired depth and, in particular, it can be deeper than conventional factory filled door protectors. Flexible strip magnets 15 assist in securing the protector to the door. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2282018-A (GB)
Title: Optical communications network
Inventor: MIDWINTER JOHN EDWIN
IPC: H04B10/27
Filed: 1993-09-14
Abstract: An optical communications system comprises an inner core mesh network, 13, a plurality of outer unidirectional ring networks 14 coupled to the core, and passive optical local networks 12 coupled to the outer networks whereby to provide access to terminals 11 coupled to the network. Information is transported across the network using time division multiplexing in combination with frequency division multiplexing; capacity is allocated to particular routes by giving those routes certain frequency/time-slot-within-multiplexing-cycle combinations. A line of the network may comprise a plurality of optical fibres. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2272959-A (GB)
Title: Hard wearing surfaces for piston grooves
Inventor: EASTHAM DAVID RAYMOND
IPC: F16J9/26
Filed: 1993-11-19
Abstract: A surface of a piston ring groove of a piston made of aluminium or of aluminium alloy is provided with a hard wearing surface having a hardness in the range 300 to 750 Hv by applying a coating of cobalt by electroless plating. The coating may contain phosphorus and may be heat-treated after application.
Patent GB-2290122-A (GB)
Title: Engine flywheel
Inventor: HURRION NIGEL
IPC: F02B75/06
Filed: 1994-06-10
Abstract: A flywheel to fit a parallel twin cylinder motorcycle engine, such as a Norton twin cylinder motorcycle engine, such that it allows the crankpins to be separated by an angle determined by the mathematical formula      Cos  theta  = s DIVIDED 4 * C Where    S = the stroke of the engine          C = the length between centres of the connecting rod           theta  = the angle of separation of the crankpins   There is an accompanying drawing that shows as an example a flywheel adapted to fit a Norton twin cylinder motorcycle engine. Figure 1 shows a plan view and figure 2 shows an end elevation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2290911-A (GB)
Title: Rotary electromagnetic actuator
Inventor: ROBERTS DAFYDD
IPC: H01F7/14
Filed: 1994-06-28
Abstract: The actuator comprises a housing, a shaft 1 rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, at least one rotor arm 2, 3 attached to the shaft, and at least one electromagnet assembly 8, 9. The electromagnet assembly consists of a U- or L-shaped yoke, the base of which is substantially parallel to the axis of the shaft. A solenoid 16, 17 is wound around the base and the or each pole arm 12, 13 extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to the shaft axis and curves around the shaft axis, the pole arm being constructed so that it tapers to form a claw-shape. Permanent magnets 4, 5, 6, define the equilibrium positions of the rotor. Successive current pulses of alternating polarity fed to the coils cause rotation of the shaft by 180 DEG increments. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2280512-A (GB)
Title: Determining various parameters (e.g.capillary pressure,wettability,and relative permeability) of a porous sample
Inventor: LENORMAND ROLAND
IPC: G01N15/08
Filed: 1994-07-26
Abstract: For determining various parameters (e.g. capillary pressure, wettability, and relative permeability) of a porous sample the sample saturated with water is placed in a deformable housing 4 in a pressurised space 5; oil, at a fixed flow rate, is introduced by pump 13 into the sample; and fluid displaced from the sample is returned to tube 11 by water, at a constant pressure, circulated via pump 15 and passages 17 and 19. When an equilibrium condition is reached, the saturation level of the sample and the pressure in the sample are measured at at least one point along the length of the sample. The saturation level is measured by acoustic, radiation, or electrical means and the parameters can be derived from the measurements. Increasing and reducing flow of the oil and modifying the apparatus to displace oil from the sample by water at various flow rates, enable the establishment of pressure variation curves. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2294298-A (GB)
Title: Integral standpipe and cover assembly
Inventor: HOOPER WILLIAM ALAN
IPC: E03B9/06
Filed: 1994-10-21
Abstract: An integral standpipe and cover assembly comprises an internal pipe (8) substantially enclosed by a cover (2, 4) which has an aperture for receiving a supply pipe (6). A valve (22) is provided between the ends of the pipe and is adjustable by control means (12) provided on the cover. One end of the pipe (8) is connectable to the supply pipe (6), whilst the other end is either fitted to an outlet (10) on the cover (2) or feeds to a reservoir defined within the cover. The former arrangement includes provision for the volume enclosed by the cover around the pipe to be substantially filled with insulating material (16). The latter has water level control means and a water outlet from the reservoir. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2283155-A (GB)
Title: Enhancing thermal response in a water boiling vessel
Inventor: O'NEILL ROBERT ANDREW
IPC: H05B1/02
Filed: 1994-10-21
Abstract: A planar heating element incorporated into the base of the vessel, comprises a stainless steel plate 31 having a printed heating element 33 formed thereon, the printed heated element 33 being sandwiched between electrically-insulating layers of glass 32, 34. An overtemperature control has a primary actuator, a bimetal 8, which directly accesses the printed heating element 33 through a window 35 formed in the outermost glass insulating layer 34. The bimetal is held in a secondary actuator, a thermally-collapsible carrier 19, which contacts the glass insulation around the window. An enclosure 4 is provided on the opposite (wet) side of the planar heating element 2, at a location corresponding to the window location, the enclosure being apertured 5 to admit water when the vessel is filled and serving to simulate an overtemperature situation sensible by the bimetal when water boils in the vessel and the steam generated in the enclosure expels the water. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2285567-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for crop spraying
Inventor: BENEST ROGER SYDNEY
IPC: A01M/
Filed: 1992-07-23
Abstract: A dropleg row crop sprayer senses boom height and tilt from ground-contacting droplegs (46, Fig 4) signalling through potentiometers 74, 76 to a boom control mechanism 84. The droplegs follow crop row wandering by sensing same and centralising their position through a driven carriage (44, Figure 3). Dropleg attitude is assisted by a cam control system 94, 96. The boom (20, 21, Fig 11) floats through a spring suspension system 128, 138 and is damped by frictional abutment of the boom portions which transmit motion between them, thereby permitting a single actuator 106 to control attitude. A lost motion linkage protects the actuator from snatch loads. Spray control is effected by use of microdroplets discharged from the drop legs below the row crop leaf canopy which protects the droplets from wind turbulence, while electrostatic charges and a droplet-energising airflow act to assist crop coating. The spray direction is fore/aft of the row to minimise ground speed effects. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300869-A (GB)
Title: Bricklaying gauge, brickwork and method of laying bricks
Inventor: SMITH HENRY
IPC: E04B2/02
Filed: 1995-05-16
Abstract: In order to facilitate bricklaying, a gauge (10) is embedded in the mortar between first and second bricks (18a, 18c) in one course and a third brick (18b) in the course below. The gauge has a pair of gauging portions (16a) for gauging the spacing between the first and third bricks; a pair of gauging portions (16b) for gauging the spacing between the second and first bricks; and a pair of gauging portions (16c) for gauging the spacing between the second and third bricks. The gauge may take the form of two inverted T's joined by a horizontal bar.
Patent GB-2291518-A (GB)
Title: Work organisation
Inventor: BURK PETER
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 1995-07-18
Abstract: A multi-terminal network such as a PABX system or a computer network is installed by gathering data corresponding to the location, identity and configuration of each terminal. An individual record containing the data is generated for each terminal, preferably in the form of a sticker or label, and is located at the site of the relevant terminal. The network is then installed and configured according to the labels. To facilitate this, a software-based system is provided which typically runs on a PC at the site of the network, and on a computer at the premises of the service provider responsible for the network. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2304224-A (GB)
Title: Saddle assembly for a tremolo device
Inventor: WOOLLS PETER JOHN
IPC: G10D3/14
Filed: 1995-08-12
Abstract: A saddle assembly 26 for a string 11 terminated in a ball end 10 of a stringed musical instrument, which saddle assembly comprises a saddle body 15 adapted for adjustable mounting on the instrument. The saddle body comprises a bridge 19 over which the string extends and securing means releasably to secure to the saddle body 15 the ball end 10 of a string passing over the bridge 19, which securing means is provided at a location spaced from and below the bridge. The securing means may comprise an opening through the saddle body that is of a smaller size than the ball end of the string or may comprise a pin 13 upstanding from the saddle body for receiving with clearance the ball end of the string and with releasable means 14 to retain the ball end on the pin whilst allowing the ball end to turn about the pin. A plurality of such saddle assemblies when mounted on a base plate 18 that is adjustably mounted on an instrument to permit the tension of all the supported strings to be simultaneously varied, provides a tremolo device (21, Figure 1).
Patent GB-2304498-A (GB)
Title: Control Method For Mobile Communications
Inventor: THOMAS HOWARD
IPC: H04W68/00
Filed: 1995-08-21
Abstract: A system (18) is provided which causes mobile units 14 of a multi-cellular communication system 10 to more frequently execute a log-in to re-select a local cell A-L. In this manner, loss of mobile-network contact caused by rapid passage through a small cell F is avoided. This is accomplished by a controller (24) and memory (22) operating a cell base station (18) so as to deliberately introduce errors into the paging signal radiated by the base station (18) when no mobile unit 14 is being called. This fools the mobile units 14 decoding the error containing message into believing that they are approaching a cell boundary and prompts them to execute a re-select step, irrespective of their location in the cell A.
Patent GB-2304583-A (GB)
Title: Implement for cleaning aural and nasal cavities
Inventor: ALLEYNE HESTER
IPC: A61F11/00
Filed: 1995-09-09
Abstract: The implement comprises a shaft 11 having at least a first end 13 covered in soft material, such as cotton, and formed as a loop which may be open (as shown) or closed. The loop, which assists in the dislodgement of unwanted material, may lie in the same plane as the shaft or may extend at an angle thereto. The area surrounded by the loop may be occupied by a diaphragm of the soft material. In an alternative embodiment, the implement has a first end which is impregnated with e.g. moisturiser and water, or alcohol, aloe vera and water.
Patent GB-2295187-A (GB)
Title: Flexible door with offset guide roller
Inventor: MANSLEY DAVID LESLIE
IPC: E06B9/13
Filed: 1995-11-03
Abstract: A flexible door 10 is wound onto or off a drum 19 after passing round a guide, for example a idler roller 62. The idler roller 62 is of significantly less diameter than the drum 19 and is spaced slightly from it, and is closer to the edge 57 of the door opening than the part of the drum 19 which is furthest from the edge 57. The safe edge 7 of the door can be wound in so that it does not extend any more into the opening than does the circumference of the drum 19. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2300104-A (GB)
Title: Bread sandwich pocket
Inventor: MACKAY FRANK XAVIA
IPC: A21D13/00
Filed: 1996-04-26
Abstract: A bread sandwich comprises a pocket formed from two flaps of bread 6,8 sealed together, e.g. along their respective edges 10,12, to define a chamber therebetween, the pocket having a mouth 14 defined by portions of the two flaps 6,8 which are not sealed together to enable a filling to be inserted into the pocket.
Patent GB-2303621-A (GB)
Title: Dispensers for bags or sheets
Inventor: NICHOLSON NORMAN FLETCHER
IPC: B65D33/00
Filed: 1996-07-19
Abstract: A dispenser for individual pre-formed bags or sheets in a stack 10 has a body part 1 in the form of a casing 2 into which is inserted an anchor part 5 for the stack 10. The anchor part 5 has a pair of catch pins 9,9 underlying an anchor plate 6 to support the stack 10 of bags or sheets for removal of individual bags or sheets from the dispenser. The body and anchor parts 1,5 are pivotally movable with respect to each other between a first relative orientation in which the catch pins 9,9 are inaccessible for operation of the dispenser and a second relative orientation in which the catch pins 9,9 are accessible for engaging the stack 10 of bags or sheets therewith.
Patent GB-2316287-A (GB)
Title: Bird scarer
Inventor: CORLETT COLIN
IPC: A01M29/06
Filed: 1996-08-22
Abstract: A motorised system which drives either rotating arms(s) 1 or traversing rod(s) or wire(s) 8 to scare, disturb or deter birds from perching on surfaces or structures. The system comprises a low speed electric motor which drives rotating arms(s) (1 and 2) via a spindle or a traversing rod (8) controlled by a programmable timer. The rod may traverse either vertically or horizontally, The system may be mounted on a roof of a building, or may be portable for use in other applications.
Patent GB-2306497-A (GB)
Title: Working fluid (refrigerant) composition comprising carbon dioxide and a polyol ester
Inventor: CORR STUART
IPC: C10M105/38
Filed: 1996-10-10
Abstract: A working fluid (refrigerant) composition comprises:  (i) carbon dioxide; (ii) a lubricant comprising a polyester base oil having at least one polyol ester of molecular weight of greater than 250.
Patent GB-2310402-A (GB)
Title: A thermal line printer with springs biassing print head into contact with platen roller
Inventor: SUZUKI MINORU
IPC: B41J25/316
Filed: 1994-09-21
Abstract: A thermal line printer comprises a housing 50 having a paper inlet 52 located in an upper wall and a paper outlet 53 in a side wall of the housing with a driven platen roller 14 arranged along the interior corner formed by the upper and side walls. A pivotally-mounted thermal line print head 15 is biassed into contact with the platen roller by means of a pair of plate springs 51.
Patent GB-2327480-A (GB)
Title: Inflatable plug assembly for sealing and purging of air internal pipe area for welding
Inventor: HOLLAND JAMES
IPC: F16L55/134
Filed: 1997-08-13
Abstract: The assembly can be inserted inside two abutting pipes of equal or unequal diameters and form an airtight dam at the weld area, and still allow an Argon Purge to be fed into the dam. It consists of two inflatable bags 11,31 mounted at either end of an elongated flexible tube 10, sealed at one end 22 and so designed to allow both bags 11,31 to be inflated together by pumping air through rods attached by snap-on connectors 16. A small tube 13 passes through the bag 31 that is connected to the rods allowing Argon to be fed into the dam. The device and rods are flexible and will negotiate all bends and reducers. Bags expand independently for unequal diameters, device is inserted and withdrawn deflated. Rubber end caps 12,25,26,27 cover sealing bungs 20,41 carrying the tubes 10,13 and fire protecting spreadable cloth devices 18 overlie the inside ends of the bags 11,31.
Patent GB-2317740-A (GB)
Title: Reinforcement apparatus of a cathode ray tube
Inventor: KENMOTSU SHIRO
IPC: H01J29/87
Filed: 1997-09-25
Abstract: To reinforce a CRT and/or resist its implosion, a film 10 is applied over the face panel 6, the skirt area 7 and curved region 14 therebetween. A first film portion covers the face panel 6 and a second film portion, which as shown may comprise four parts overlapping the first film portion, is adhered to the curved region 14 and the skirt area 7 over a reinforcing band 3. The second film portion is of a different material from the first film portion, may be thicker than the first film portion, and may for example comprise poly-p-terephthalamide or polybenzamide mixed with aromatic polyamide system fibres. The first film portion may be antireflective or antistatic.
Patent GB-2331431-A (GB)
Title: Communications network
Inventor: RAI SUMAN
IPC: H04L12/70
Filed: 1997-12-16
Abstract: A process for allocating resources in a communications network (11) so that each network link used by a connection has required bitrate capacity available. Reservations for connections are scheduled in advance in an attempt to ensure that traffic on a particular route of links between source and destination nodes of a connection will not exceed a maximum bitrate capacity of each link in that route. A list of connection requests and data describing physical resources of the communications network is stored in a database (21). Time ranges, durations and requested bitrate capacities of the connection requests are stored in the database (step 73). A scheduling algorithm is applied to the database which creates a schedule of connection reservations by searching for a suitable route of links with the required bitrate capacities for each requested connection so that the connection will occur within its specified time range (steps 110 to 115). This schedule is then used by a network controller (14) to implement the connections.
Patent GB-2333063-A (GB)
Title: Method for applying silkscreen pattern to cookware
Inventor: CHENG STANLEY KIN-SUI
IPC: B41M1/40
Filed: 1998-01-09
Abstract: A method is described for applying a continuous silkscreen pattern to cookware, which pattern extends from the base of the cookware, over a radius portion of the cookware to and into a side wall of the cookware. To achieve this a blank for forming a cookware product is first coated with a silicone polyester coating and baked at a first temperature. A desired pattern is then applied by a silkscreen process extending over not only the base portion of the blank but also that portion of the blank that will form the corner radius, and then the blank is baked for a second time at a higher temperature, before the blank is deformed and worked into the final cookware product.
Patent GB-2324652-A (GB)
Title: Method of analyzing a semiconductor ingot
Inventor: PARK JAE-GUN
IPC: H01L21/66
Filed: 1998-01-22
Abstract: A method of analyzing crystal defects of bare wafers prepared by cutting a single crystal ingot grown by the Czochralski method comprises the steps of a) sampling wafers with respect to their positions in the ingot after forming wafers from a plurality of ingots formed under the same crystal growth conditions ; b) analyzing the crystal defects of some of the wafers in the as-grown state; c) selecting some other wafers, carrying out a thermal treatment process on the wafers under the same temperature conditions as the thermal treatment process of a semiconductor device fabrication process and analyzing the crystal defects; d) selecting some other wafers, carrying out an accelerated thermal treatment on the wafers, and analyzing the crystal defects of the wafers, and e) estimating the state of the crystal defects with respect to the position in the ingots based on the above analysis results. The defects concerned include OP (oxygen precipitate), COP (crystal originated particle), D-defects and heavy metal defects.
Patent GB-2327108-A (GB)
Title: Automatic clutch having an addition brake sensor which prevents system failures
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN MARTIN
IPC: B60W50/02
Filed: 1998-04-01
Abstract: An automatic clutch 3, for a motor vehicle, comprises a control unit 13 that adjusts, via a computer unit 13a, the torque transferred by the clutch 3 in dependance upon inputs from, for example, engine electronic unit 50 and ABS electronic unit 60 which processes signals from brake sensor 41. The units 13, 50 and 60 are connected through a data bus 70 which transfers first brake operating data from the ABS unit 60 to the control unit 13. If a failure occurs in the data bus 70, the control unit 13 switches into emergency mode, which controls a creeping forward of the vehicle, and second brake operating data is supplied from the brake sensor 41 to the control unit 13 by digital brake input 71. If the brake input 71 signals that brake activation exist the clutch 3 is disengaged and if no activation exist the clutch is engaged. Other sensors are used to detect, for example, wheel speeds, engine speeds, throttle valve position, gear position etc. The control unit 13 operates an electric motor 12 which, via gearing, adjusts a position of a master cylinder 11 that is connected to a slave cylinder 10 by a hydraulic line 9.
Patent GB-2336917-A (GB)
Title: Stereo slide mount
Inventor: INABA MINORU
IPC: G02B27/22
Filed: 1998-04-30
Abstract: A stereo slide mount (1) for mounting a stereo slide film on which an image has been photographed by a stereo camera, comprises a base frame (2) and a cover frame (3), each having two image plane apertures (4L, 4R) and (5L, 5R). The base frame (2) has positioning pins (6L, 6R) which engage with perforations of a slide film which is to be mounted. The cover frame (3) has pin holes (7L, 7R) which are positioned to align with pins (6L, 6R) or the base frame (2) and allow base frame (2) and cover (3) to be joined together. The stereo slide mount (1) forms part of a stereo slide mount system (Fig.7 not shown) which comprises a plurality of stereo slide mounts (1). In the mount system, the left and right image plane apertures (4L, 4R, 5L, 5R) of each slide mount (1) have the same pitch (Pw) and the same width (W) (Fig 1a) but the image plane aperture width is slightly smaller than the image plane width of the film to be mounted. The film mounting pitch between the left film and right film differs in a stepwise manner (Figure 4 not shown) between stereo slide mounts in the mount system so that the offsets of the left and right films with respect to the image plane apertures can be adjusted by the differences of the film mounting pitch of the individual stereo slide mounts.
Patent GB-2337054-A (GB)
Title: Effervescent particle
Inventor: BAILLELY GERARD MARCEL
IPC: C11D17/00
Filed: 1998-05-08
Abstract: An effervescence particle comprising an anhydrous perborate, or oxoborate as it is also known, is coated with a coating material. The invention also relates to processes for making this particle and detergent compositions comprising this particle. Furthermore, the invention provides the use of a coated anhydrous perborate salt in a detergent composition for improvement of the dispensing and/ or dissolution of the composition into the washing water and/ or delivery of actives of the composition to the wash. Suitable coating agents include inorganic salts or minerals, waxes, starch or cellulose derivatives and nonionic surfactants.